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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/249 | Chinese Taipei | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation, Waste…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale…
Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Personal Care and Cosmetics Products Containing Plastic Microbeads (Draft) (5 pages, in English; 3 pages, in Chinese)
With a view to protecting marine environment from plastic microbeads influence, the Environmental Protection Administration intends to propose restrictions on the manufacture, import and sale of personal care and cosmetics products containing plastic microbeads, in reference to the detail and control schedule of the US Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015. Two transition periods will be provided for businesses to comply with the new requirements. For manufacturers and importers, the requirements will be effective on 1 July 2018; for vendors, the requirements will be effective on 1 January 2020. Relevant documents: Waste Disposal Act, Statute for Control of Cosmetic Hygiene, Chinese National Standards (CNS) 15492 |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/UGA/585 | Uganda | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation, Waste…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Other | DUS EAS 491:2006, Incineration plant for the…
DUS EAS 491:2006, Incineration plant for the destruction of hospital waste - Specification. (12 pages, in English) .
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies destruction of hospital waste . Devices which utilize intensities of combustion exceeding an average heat release rate of 350 W/m3 are not included. This standard does not specify materials or methods of construction. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1205 | United States of America | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Energy | Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer…
Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf - Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems (107 pages, in English) .
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is amending and updating the regulations regarding oil and natural gas production safety on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) by addressing issues such as: Safety and pollution prevention equipment design and maintenance, production safety systems, subsurface safety devices, and safety device testing. The rule differentiates the requirements for operating dry tree and subsea tree production systems and divides the current BSEE regulations regarding oil and gas production safety systems into multiple sections to make the regulations easier to read and understand. The changes in this rule are necessary to improve human safety, environmental protection, and regulatory oversight of critical equipment involving production safety systems. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1233 | United States of America | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Consumer Products and Architectural and…
Consumer Products and Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings (64 pages, in English)
Amends rules to reduce the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in consumer products and architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings sold in Connecticut as an effort to reduce the quantity of VOCs released to the atmosphere. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/EU/421 | European Union | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation, Water…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Water management and conservation
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Draft Commission Implementing Regulation…
Draft Commission Implementing Regulation indicating design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment
The draft Implementing Regulation replaces the technical annex of Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment, which has been repealed by Directive 2014/90/EU and adapts it to changes in the relevant international instruments. The purpose of this draft Implementing Regulation and of Directive 2014/90/EU is to enhance safety at sea and the prevention of marine pollution through the uniform application of the relevant international instruments adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) which lay down specific requirements concerning the construction, performance and/or testing of equipment to be placed on board ships and to ensure the free movement of such equipment within the EU. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/170 | France | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation, Water…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Water management and conservation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Decree prohibiting the placing on the market of…
Decree prohibiting the placing on the market of rinse-off cosmetic products for exfoliation or clean sing that contain solid plastic particles, in accordance with the third paragraph of point III of Article L. 541-10-5 of the Environmental Code)
The notified Decree defines the conditions for the implementation of the legislative provisions of the Environmental Code that seek to prohibit, as from 1 January 2018, the placing on the market of rinse-off cosmetic products for exfoliation or clean sing that contain solid plastic particles, with the exception of particles of natural origin not liable to persist in, or release active chemical or biological ingredients into, the environment or to affect animal food chains. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CHL/339 | Chile | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Revision of the noise emission Standard for urban…
Revision of the noise emission Standard for urban and rural public transport buses, as contained in Supreme Decree No. 129 of 2002 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
The notified text establishes the external and internal noise levels that must be observed by public transport buses, during dynamic and stationary testing, in order to enter the national vehicle fleet. Compliance with these levels is subsequently verified in the regular checks that are carried out on all fleet buses initially meeting these requirements. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CHL/377 | Chile | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Technical protocol on procedures for measuring…
Technical protocol on procedures for measuring noise from light and medium-sized vehicles and motorcycles during dynamic and stationary testing
The notified protocol seeks to establish the accepted measuring procedures for the dynamic and stationary testing referred to in the relevant Standard, and describes the measuring procedure for dynamic testing carried out in the country. Relevant documents: Ley N° 19.300, sobre bases generales del medio ambiente (Law No. 19.300 establishing general environmental principles) D.S. N° 7 de 2015 del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Norma de Emisión de Ruidos para Vehículos Livianos, Medianos y Motocicletas (Supreme Decree No. 7 of 2015 of the Ministry of the Environment : Noise emission standard for light and medium-sized vehicles and motorcycles) |
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/PHL/11 | Philippines | 2015 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Import licences | Agriculture | Measure enacted by the Bureau of Animal Industry …
Measure enacted by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)
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Agriculture | G/AG/N/CAN/105 | Canada | 2015 | Other environmental risks mitigation, Soil…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Soil management and conservation, Water management and conservation
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Non-monetary support | Agriculture | General services: Strategic Partnerships…
General services: Strategic Partnerships Initiative Component- Aboriginal Agriculture Initiative (AAI)
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